But at Café Select, she said she's obsessed with Alexander Wang and D&G's edgy offerings. And canary-yellow minidresses she's worn to parties past aside, Momsen claims she's always preferred to dress on the dark side. "I don't think I ever wore anything tacky. I always wear dark colors."
Taylor Momsen sported an edgier look than usual. "Tonight, they let me dress myself and I wanted leather biker chic," she commented.
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here's an example:
(nymag)
and
(fashionweekdaily)
comments like these seem to suggest to me she is indeed trying very hard to dress high fashion or edgy (too bad it looks like how it looks)
When will people learn that she's not 'trying hard', she's in character? This is for the plot in Gossip Girl where she hangs out with the 'bad crowd'. Willa Holland will be the one that drags her into this.

Everyone at that age experiments and trys different things 
When will people learn that she's not 'trying hard', she's in character? This is for the plot in Gossip Girl where she hangs out with the 'bad crowd'. Willa Holland will be the one that drags her into this.